Boeing 707 N70775

22 May 1962 · Unionville, Missouri, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 22 May 1962 at about 21:17 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N70775, operated by Continental Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Unionville, Missouri, United States. 45 people were on board and 45 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 22 May 1962 at 21:17
Classification: Accident
Location: Unionville, Missouri, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 707
Registration: N70775
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Continental Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Chicago, Ill → Kansas City, Mo
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0003

People

45 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
45	45	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

TAIL SECTION SEPARATED. MISC-DYNAMITE EXPLOSION IN R REAR LAVATORY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 1-0003, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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